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Civil defense"Nargis" cyclone: Italian civil defense ready to send team in Burma
Rome, Italy - Rescue mission will be planned according to the requests
"Italian Civil defense department informs EU about its availability to step in the possible rescue mission to help Myanmar citizens damaged by 'Nargis' cyclone. The communication has been sent to MIC... more
Civil defense"Sardinia 2008" (2): on Wednesday in Olbia, presentation of "Fire 5" drill
Rome, Italy - Meeting with press at operative center of Civil Defense at the industrial mole
"North of Sardinia will be the set of the scene where women, men and Civil Defense's means in the biggest international practise never done in Italy, targeted to the verify of procedures and techniques... more
Civil defenseBad weather: storms on the Italian Northern regions
Rome, Italy - For 24-36 hours
"The Italian Civil Defense Department, on the basis of available forecast, has issued a report for unfavourable weather conditions, from the early hours of today, on Friday April 11 and for the successive... more
Civil defenseItalian Civil Defense about "Sardinia 2008": on-line information about the European exercise for fire-fighting
Rome, Italy - Five Countries, signatories of the "Fire 5" program, will participate
"Gallura's area, in Sardinia, will be the place where a great international Civil Defense drill to take place from April 14-19; five Countries (France, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Greece), signatories of... more
Civil defenseOlbia, air practise against woody fires on April 17th and 18th
Olbia, Italy - Greece, France, Spain and Portugal will enjoy too
More than 60 flight's hours, 17 airplanes and 13 helicopters: these are are just some numbers about the air practise that will take place at the Olbia Airport on April 17th and 18th, that's will end with... more
Civil defenseItalian Civil Defense: tomorrow the conclusion's ceremony about the interventions in support of the people hit by tsunami in the Asian South-East
Rome, Italy - In front of Giorgio Napolitano (Republic President) and Romano Prodi (Premier)
"The conclusion's ceremony on the aids realized by the Italian Civil Defense Department in Sri Lanka areas hit by tsunami on December 26, 2004, will take place tomorrow, on Thursday January 17, at 11am,... more
Civil defenseFires: four new Canadair airplanes purchased
Rome, Italy - With a financing of EUR 100 million forecast by the Italian finance bill 2008
"The Italian Civil Defense Department has already employed the financing of EUR 100 million expected by the finance bill for 2008, approved by the Parliament last Friday, on December 21, 2007, definitively. In... more
Civil defenseFires emergency: European parliament intervenes
Strasbourg, France - Members of European parliament ask in a loud voice the mobilization of the EU solidarity fund
The summer that will be reminded above all for the devastation made by fires, is about to end. Hundred of thousand of hectares burnt by pyromaniacs. The accounts are made up, the extensive damages are... more
Civil defenseFires: Guido Bertolaso new Italian extraordinary Commissioner
Rome , Italy - Government delegates to the Chairman of the Italian Civil Defense the delicate task to handle the emergency
Guido Bertolaso has been nominated "Delegated Commissioner to get through the emergency" and he will have the job of provide for, with the Region Presidents or with the Prefects of the interested Provinces,... more
Civil defenseFires: in the South of Italy is still emergency
Rome, Italy - At 9:00 am already 36 air intervention requests
The South of Italy continues to burn. Italian Civil Defense has defined yesterday "Worse day for the wooded fires in the Italian history", today at 9:00 am from the South of Italy 36 air intervention requests... more
Civil defenseBad weather: Italy divided in two
Rome, Italy - Storms in Central-Northern Italy, Canadair planes and firefighting helicopters in the South
Italy divided in two: in the North there are still rains and storms, high pressure in Central and Southern Italy. Bad weather for tomorrow also, with storms on all Northern regions. In the South, high... more
Civil defenseA DC-10 aircraft left from Brindisi with the aids for the Peruvian earthquake victims
Brindisi, Italy - On board 40 tons aids
Italy is in the first line to help Peruvian populations struck by a violent earthquake on the Assumption day. The initiative has started from a claim of Italian Foreign Office, of the Civil Defense Department... more
Civil defenseFires in Albania: Italian Civil Defense sent two Canadair CL-415 airplanes last Friday
Rome, Italy - Took off from Rome-Ciampino's airport
"The Italian Civil Defense Department of the Premiership has organized the sending of two of its own Canadair in Albania to support the firefighting operations of numerous forest fires. Albania had... more
Civil defenseForest fires: 2007 is worst July on record
Brussels, Belgium - The EFFIS but also the employment by airplanes and helicopters
"With the forest fire season barely started, provisional figures show that 3376 square kilometres of land has already been burned in 2007, compared to a total of 3585 square kilometres in 2006, with July... more
Civil defenseGargano, the provincial Council of Foggia discusses an anti-fire plan after the disaster of July 24
Foggia , Italy - More coordination and infrastructures to improve. Disputes with Regione Puglia
The provincial Council of Foggia, with the participation of some members of the Gargano's municipalities and of Regione Puglia has met yesterday for a mono-thematic assembly to discuss some measures to... more
Civil defenseNatural disasters (2): the Community Mechanism for Civil Protection
Brussels, Belgium - It aims to facilitate reinforced cooperation in civil protection assistance interventions
"The Community Mechanism for Civil Protection The Community Mechanism aims to facilitate reinforced cooperation in civil protection assistance interventions. It ensures the coordination of assistance... more
Civil defenseNatural disasters: update on EU civil protection activities
Brussels, Belgium - A lot of fires in different countries with the help of airplanes and helicopters
"Since the end of June, the Commission's Monitoring and Information Centre (MIC) has received a total of 8 requests for assistance from Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Bulgaria and, most recently the Former Yugoslav... more
Civil defenseFire emergency: since dawn all the aircraft of Italian Civil Defense in flight
Rome, Italy - Only this morning at least 30 intervention requests
Before dawn all the aircraft of Italian Civil Defense were already in flight to intervene on the tens fires scattered in all the Country. This morning at least 30 intervention requests have arrived... more
Civil defenseCivil Defense about Canadair airplane crashed yesterday in Abruzzo Region
Rome, Italy - The crash caused the death of Andrea Golfera and the severe wounding of Daniele Rett
“The Comm. of Canadair, Andrea Golfera (born in Lugo di Romagna on December 15,1956), dead yesterday in late afternoon in Abruzzo Region, in an airplane crash while was engaged in the firefighting operations o... more
Civil defenseFirefighting campaign, Bertolaso: "The environment is the Italians' garden"
Rome, Italy - On the spot even the Italian famous actor Flavio Insinna
How much costs a fire? Ten Euro for each Italian, according the Civil Defence. It's the price for every fire that blazes in Italy, that during the Summer sees its woods burn. Even for the blazes, each... more
Civil defenseSome figures about the Italian Civil Defense's activity
Aosta, Italy - In the only Valle d'Aosta four helicopters in 2006 have made 1584 flight hours
In reply to an interpellation, the Valle d'Aosta Region's President has provided the balance of the flights made in 2006 for sanitary interventions and rescue's ones by four helicopters assigned to the... more
Civil defenseFires in Greece. Italian Civil Defense: sent two Canadair airplanes to Athens
Rome, Italy - It's the second time in ten days
"The Civil Defense Department of the Council of Ministers arranged to send two of Italian owned Canadair airplanes to Greece to support the extinguishing of several fires of woods. Thursday night, Greece... more
Civil defenseTo recapture an animal with the helicopter costs EUR 750 in Valle d'Aosta
Aosta, Italy - The cost fixed today, agreement until December with the Alpine Rescue
Valle d'Aosta's regional council has fixed during the meeting of today the cost of using a Civil Defense's helicopter to recapture lost, injured or dead animals: EUR 750, to give to regional funds by who... more
Civil defenseFires in Greece. Italian Civil Defense: two Canadair already left
Rome, Italy - The CL-145 took off this morning from Ciampino and Lametiza Terme
"Italian Civil Defense Department has organized the sending of its two Canadair airplanes in Greece to support the extinguish operations for numerous fires that are interesting, in particular, the Athens'... more
Civil defense141 fires blazed last Monday in Italy
Rome , Italy - A third of the whole just in Calabria
141 fires (excluding Sardinia and Sicily) and 1480 calls for help to the Italian Corps of Forest Rangers: these are the "Numbers" of the torrid day of last Monday, June 25. South-Italy has been tormented... more
Civil defenseCivile Defense's exercise at Sicignano degli Alburni
Salerno, Italy - "We will bring this initiative to Salerno" says provincial councillor Cennamo
Last week-end (8-9 June) the Salerno's provincial department of Civil Defense has organized an exercise in a base camp at Sicignano degli Alburni where more than 30 voluntary associations, hundred of students... more
Civil defenseWorks for Civil Defense's Centre start in Foligno
Foligno, Italy - It's the so-called "Modello Umbria"
With the inauguration of the palace that will guest the Foligno's Operative Centre of Umbria Region, the works of the building of Operative Centre of Civil Defense have been started in the city, with which... more
Civil defenseEmergencies' management: initiatives of identification of possible new intervention instruments under consideration
Rome, Italy - Regarding the individuation of a multifunction aircraft
"A modern and efficient system of Civil Defense have to ensure an answer of suitable, quantitative and quality level, in action of characteristics of possible emergencies of natural origin, both in Italy... more
Civil defenseFood aids in Mozambique: intervention of the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD)
Brindisi, Italy - Humanitarian flight leaving from Brindisi in order to carry food aids of about € 150,000
Following the terrible flooding of the last days, Mozambique is living a situation of great emergency, and for this reason the Directorate General for Development Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign... more
Civil defenseMalibu on fire: the flames destroy hectares of green stuff
Los Angeles, Usa - Over 300 firefighters working on anti-fire planes
The fire went off a few days ago in the beach area of Malibu, has already caused huge damages burning about ten hectares of green stuff, four houses and damaging five ones before the fire-fighters started... more